Button attaching means



July 11, 1950 M, H 2,514,435

BUTTON ATTACHING MEANS Filed Feb. 15, 1949 IN V EN TOR.

JTTORA/Ey Patented July 11, 1950 2,514,435 BUTTON ATTACHINGMEANS Anna M. Yohn, Washington, D. 0.

Application February 15, 1949, Serial No. 76,636

(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 370 O. G. 757) 3 Claims.

The invention described herein, if patented, may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates to button fasteners and has for its primary object to provide a simple yet durable mechanical clip which is permanently attached to the button backing, and which serves to securely attach the button to a coat or the like in lieu of the conventional stitching.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a button fastener which can be readily applied to a garment and detached therefrom and yet which will firmly and snugly support a button against the cloth of the garment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a detachable button shown in position to be attached to a piece of cloth which has been doubled on itself to more readily receive the penetrating prongs;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the combined button and clip, showing the same applied to the cloth of a garment or the like; and

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the button and clip, the clip being shown in open position.

Referring to the drawings in greater detail. the numeral I indicates any conventional button whether purely ornamental or for use in conjunction with a buttonhole for retaining garments in closed condition. The button is provided with the usual front portion 2 and back 3, and to this back or backing is attached a clip which in combination with the button forms the subject matter of the present invention.

The clip is preferably of wire and is shaped to provide a base portion 4, which may be permanently secured to the backing 3, by any preferred means such as spot welding 5, etc. Extending downwardly from the base portion 4 of the clip are two arms 6 and 1. These arms are inclined so as to cross each other intermediate their ends, and one of the arms is provided with a loop portion 8, of sufiicient internal size to loosely engage about the other arm intermediate its ends. In the present illustration, the loop 8, is formed on the arm I, and engages about the arm 6. The free ends of the arms 6 and l are shaped to provide penetrating prongs 9 and one of the arms, namely arm I, is provided by means of a sharp bend or otherwise with a finger grip or bar It].

The clip is formed of resilient wire and the loop 8, through which one of the arm extends provides a sliding connection between the two arms 6 and 1, so that when the arm 1 is moved toward the base of the button and the base 4 of the clip by pressure of the finger on the finger grip Hi, its movement will impart a similar movement to the arm 6 of the clip, it being understood that normally the arms with their penetrating prongs, when relaxed, are in the position shown in Figure 2. The button may be conveniently applied to the fabric of a garment or removed from the fabric by doubling the fabric in the manner shown in Figure 1 and applying pressure to the finger bar Ill, as just indicated above. The position of the penetrating prongs 9 when pressure is applied to the gripper is shown in Figure 1, and by inserting the doubled-over cloth into position between the prongs and releasing the gripper I 0, the resiliency of the metal will automatically cause the arms to be brought into their relaxed position as shown in Figure 2. In this relaxed position, the penetrating prongs 9 have been projected firmly into the material of the garment and serve to securely hold the button in the selected position thereon. To remove the button, a finger of the operator may be passed between the back of the button and the cloth so as to engage and press the finger grip 10 towards the base of the button or the material may be again doubled back as indicated hereinbefore. This action, due to the simultaneous sliding movement caused by the interconnection between the arms will cause both penetrating prongs to be withdrawn from the fabric so as to thereby release the button.

From the foregoing description and the attached drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that I have provided a relatively simple and inexpensive combination of button and clip permanently connected together so that by a simple finger movement the button may be readily applied to or removed from the garment, and that the construction is such as to firmly anchor the button in snug relation to the cloth of the garment to which it is attached.

I claim:

1. A detachable button including a body portion, a wire clip fixed to the underside thereof, said clip comprising a pair of crossed arms, one of said arms provided with a loop portion through which the other arm extends, inwardly directed penetrating prongs on the free ends of said arms, and a finger grip bent up from the material of one of said arms at a point between the loop and the free end of the arm.

3 2. A detachable button including a body portion, a clip secured to the underside thereof, said clip comprising crossed arms, penetrating prongs on the free ends of the arms, and a rigid finger grip bent up from and extending laterally of one a of said arms intermediate its ends.

3. A detachable button including a body portion, a Wire clip fixed to the underside thereof, said clip comprising a pair of crossed arms, one of said arms provided With a circular loop portion through which the other arm extends, inwardly directed penetrating prongs on the free ends of said arms, and a finger grip on one of said arms bent up from the material thereof.

ANNA M. YOHN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS m Number Name Date 1,982,540 Reich Nov. 27, 1934 2,159,026 Jacobson May 23, 1939 

